Recently, the value of RMB has decreased. This decrease can have a huge impact on the Chinese economy. There are five major industries that can be affected by this devaluation:

• Clothing industry: The devaluation can stimulate its output.
• Steel industry: Steel exports will increase, promoting the domestic market.
• Shipping industry: Steel and clothing exports will increase consumption of transportation, promoting the shipping industry.
• Chemical industry: The import cost of chemicals will increase, but this will benefit exports of chemicals, stimulating GDP.
• Automobile industry: The price of imported cars will increase, reducing demand for imported automobiles and increasing the competitiveness of domestic automobile manufacturers.

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Despite these benefits, consumers’ buying power will decrease, and therefore their living standards will decrease. In addition, social welfare will likely be unfavorably impacted. Further, China’s foreign-currency reserves will decrease, negatively impacting the balance of payment. Export prices will fall in the long term, and confidence in the economy may be affected in the short term, possibly because of a fear of further devaluation.

W. Lin

Sometimes, we get to question ourselves why some parents are arrogantly domineering and forcing some negative beliefs on their children. The awareness of this problem does not give an exemption to the behavior but it is caused by some basic flaws or the society defects. An individual’s perception and embracing a certainthreatening situation will give them less difficulty to handle their problem with nothing to be afraid of. This idea delivers a message that social existence should be accountable.

In many situations, parents are overbearing because of they are not satisfied about their achievements, although kind of behavior may reverse to past generations. Another significant reason is for the safety and protection of their life like who will be there to take care of them. Since the population is rapidly increasing in urban areas and the empowerment of states dominates, welfare development, elder care and social support systems started slowly to achieve the traditional roles that were taken over by the members of the family. Therefore, the traditional essence for raising children no longer exists. It is an ongoing issue that brought by social expectations, traditions, and parents’ egocentric behavior.

Over bearing parents are different from passive parents. While passive parents tend to be relaxed, overbearing parents want to make their children to be successful in life but doesn’t show selfless love just to follow what they expect from their children.

To fully understand the situation of children with overbearing parents, children should exert an effort to search for answers about the family background of their parents by talking with relatives and visiting the hometown so that they will be able to gain accurate reasons into what shapes their parents’ behavior.

P. Guo

Helping young people overcome drug addiction in Malaysia

Youssouf Oomar, UNICEF Representative in Malaysia and Special Representative to Brunei emphasizes gave an emphasis about the youngsters often started to perform a scientific procedure with illegal drugs when they have reach their developmental stages from adolescence to young adulthood.

In the study of The National Anti-Drug Agency in Malaysia during 2008, the two main reasons that the youngsters mentioned why they get involved in illegal drugs are peer pressure and their strong desire to learn something. Mr. Youssouf gave a warning and reminder that this type of experimentation can result to misuse and damage because young individuals are not capable to assess the negative effects and outcome of their behavior.

Mr. Youssouf added that youngsters who begin to experiment illegal drugs for the first time are not knowledgeable that illegal drugs can destroy their whole life. Rather than letting them to be susceptible with illegal drugs, we need to support them to change their life for the better.

These young individuals have the right to know the facts and need to be guided properly in order for them to make right decisions. UNICEF is cooperating with the Ministry of Education to present the life skills-based education into educational institutions and instruct high school teachers on personal and social development as well as the illegal drug prevention.

T. Eek